Senior Azure Cloud Security Engineer - Hybrid & Impactful

TalentCloud Group Recruitment; Zürich; Hybrid; CHF 150,000 - 200,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Hybrid work

Pension scheme

Training support

Modern offices

Annual leave 25-30 days

Job summary

TalentCloud Group Recruitment supports a Swiss organisation in Zürich seeking a Senior Azure Cloud Security Engineer. You will embed security into cloud architecture, automation and delivery, collaborating with cloud, platform and cybersecurity specialists to secure the Azure platform.

The role emphasizes Azure security controls, IAM governance, IaC security, and DevSecOps, with a strong emphasis on shaping a mature, highly available cloud environment. Hybrid work is offered.

Qualifications

• Degree in Cybersecurity, Computer Science, Information Technology or related discipline.
• Several years of professional cybersecurity experience with cloud-security focus.
• Hands-on knowledge of Microsoft Azure and its security capabilities.
• Understanding of security across SaaS, PaaS and IaaS.
• Experience identifying risks and implementing security controls.
• Familiarity with security frameworks such as NIST and ISO/IEC 27001.
• Strong skills in secure architecture, identity and cloud governance.
• Fluent English and German at least B1.

Responsibilities

• Engineer and implement security requirements across a complex Microsoft Azure environment.
• Identify, evaluate and remediate cybersecurity risks affecting the cloud platform.
• Design preventive security controls based on industry best practices.
• Support cloud projects by defining protection requirements and security solutions.
• Embed security early within cloud engineering and delivery processes.
• Develop and improve cloud security concepts, standards and guidelines.
• Review architectures and configurations from a security perspective.
• Contribute to infrastructure automation and secure Infrastructure as Code.
• Support secure use of SaaS, PaaS and IaaS services.
• Document solutions and transfer knowledge across teams.
• Act as a trusted security partner to cloud engineers and stakeholders.

Skills

Azure security capabilities

Security architecture design

Terraform / IaC

DevSecOps / CI/CD security

Identity and Access Management

NIST / ISO27001 familiarity

English fluent, German B1

Education

Degree in Cybersecurity / CS / IT

Tools

Microsoft Defender for Cloud

Terraform

GitHub Actions

Job description

TalentCloud Group Recruitment supports a Swiss organisation in Zürich seeking a Senior Azure Cloud Security Engineer. You will embed security into cloud architecture, automation and delivery, collaborating with cloud, platform and cybersecurity specialists to secure the Azure platform.

The role emphasizes Azure security controls, IAM governance, IaC security, and DevSecOps, with a strong emphasis on shaping a mature, highly available cloud environment. Hybrid work is offered.